Volume 1 Is There a Way on Earth in Troubled Times 26 Breaking the City II.
There's a lot of work to be done to completely take over a city.
Fortunately, Dunshe didn't plan to stay in Yongping for too long. Yongping is located in the hinterland, Liaoyang bordering area, from which to the west, a few days to reach Beijing. The imperial court will not abandon it, and he estimates that at most half a month, the Yuan army will arrive. So, he has a maximum of ten days to complete the set goal.
The first goal, to raise food, grass and ordnance, was accomplished that night. Zhao Guo successfully captured the granary, armory, treasury and other places. Dunshe sent several teams of old brothers to take over the garrison. From the officials in the hands of Brother Huang Donkey, I found the officials who managed these places, and it took me half the night to take stock clearly.
In addition to swords, guns, shields, crossbows, 300 firearms, two cannons, poisoned arrows, rockets, thistles, guest accommodation, poison smoke balls, thunderbolt fireballs, and countless anti-city equipment. In addition, 800 military horses were obtained.
There were 100,000 grains in the granary, and there were countless gold, silver, and coins in the warehouse.
In addition, Monk Li led the team to search for the rich families in the city, and the grain, gold and silver obtained by torture were even more than those seized in the granaries and warehouses.
Deng She was busy all night, and the next morning, he personally led the team to the mountain to welcome Mrs. Wang. I had already occupied the garden of the richest family in the city, and invited her to move in. The army was crowded, showing off their might, and drove into the city. Mrs. Wang was deeply satisfied, there was a fly in the ointment, there were not many people on the street. The day after the city was broken, those who dared to wander the streets were rangers and scoundrels who tried to speculate, except for homeless beggars.
When they saw the men and horses entering the city, they all knelt down and bowed to the road, not daring to raise their heads, shouting: "The general is mighty, the general is mighty." "Madame Wang wanted to tell them that she was not a general, but a lady. Looking at the dirty men's clothes on her body with regret, the first thing she decided to do was to take a bath and change her skirt.
After settling Mrs. Wang, Deng She rushed back to the official office without stopping.
The soldiers came to report, and the generals waited for a long time. After a busy night, although everyone did not rest, they were in good spirits. Three thousand captives were killed, and their bodies were thrown into the ditch outside the city, and lime was sprinkled and sold to prevent the plague. They had to discuss the second major thing, recruitment.
After a moment of peace, Lu Long surrendered himself. Other prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction have not yet received news, so Deng She sent Guan Shirong to lead a team to persuade them to surrender. Those who do not descend, do not pay attention. Anyway, those states and counties are small and have few people, not to mention that Yongping's harvest is big enough.
The recruiting banner hung at the head of the city, beside the corpse of Chief Liu. Except for the Koreans and some brave scoundrels instigated by Ha Kwang-so, no one has yet come to apply. Brother Huang Donkey's opinion, following the old skills of the red scarf, forcibly recruited Ding Zhuang, and coerced into the army.
Deng She disagreed: "What's the use of not having the same heart and coercing tens of millions?" Chen Baihu talked about the danger of elbows and armpits last night, Huang Qianhu forgot? "However, it is also a problem that no one is coming. He glanced at He Guangxiu, who was kneeling on the ground, and calculated, it was better to buy horse bones and set an example for everyone to see.
He said to Heguangxiu, "You did a good job last night. The city has been busy until now, and I don't care about rewarding you. "Call Zhao Guo," take fifty yuan of money, reward." ”
He Guangxiu was flattered, and the sky was pitiful, and he had never been praised and rewarded. His eyes were red, and he couldn't speak: "Serving grandpa is a blessing for the villain." Grandpa's gift, I dare not accept it. ”
Deng She smiled and asked Zhao Guo to help him put it away, and He Guangxiu pushed it twice and took it away. Deng She asked, "I didn't ask you at night, how many Koreans are there who are with you to help me?" ”
"Four hundred people, one hundred and ten dead."
"Fifty cents per person. Those who died in battle and were buried richly, and those who had families were rewarded. Deng She ordered, and then asked, "Are these people willing to join the army?" ”
"If grandpa is willing to take him in, he will be rewarded with death!"
If you don't join the army, where can these Koreans go? Li should be a red scarf, and after the red scarf retreats, it is also a capital crime. What Deng She was waiting for was He Guangxiu to say it himself, and immediately said the appointment that had been discussed with Chen Hu and others: "Since they are all willing to join the army, let's form a thousand households." You come and be the commander of a thousand people, and you will pick five hundred households, and I will send you another five, each in charge of thirty people. ”
Ha Mitsu Xiu was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe his ears, he was actually appointed as a thousand households? There is also the right to choose five hundred households! Looking back on the past, no one could afford to be lowly, and all of a sudden he rose to the top and became a general. Tears flowed across his eyes, he was overjoyed, prostrate and grateful, and deeply glad that he had made the right choice.
He kowtowed hard and choked up, "Grandpa's kindness, villain, villain, from now on, he is a dog under his grandfather's feet, let him bite whomever he wants." The knife mountain and the sea of fire, the grandfather points with his fingers, and the villain jumps! ”
Deng She really looked down on him as a servile and kneeling and chilled for him. For the sake of the horse's bones, he barely kept a smile, and said a few words of encouragement, and told him to go down.
Everyone discussed and decided to wait another day to see if these examples worked, and then make other plans.
The third thing is to ask for a talent order. This is proposed by Deng She, most of the red scarves are illiterate, and there are very few who have read books. Whether it is from the management of military logistics and other aspects, or to make suggestions, it is necessary to ask for talents.
Please ask Luo Guoqi to draft, and quote Cao Cao's sentence at the end: "Only talent moves, I have to use it." "From Mr. Liu's management, it can be seen that the self-proclaimed literati will definitely ignore him, a small thief. Therefore, Deng She simply learned from Cao Cao, only seeking talent, not virtue, and even, only seeking talented and virtuous people.
He doesn't expect someone to come and vote right away, it's unrealistic. But he needs to make such a gesture to let the people of Yongping know that he is not just a murderer, so as to reassure the people; It also makes people who have seen the talent seeking order have an impression of respecting literature and Confucianism to create public opinion.
The fourth thing is to reward the soldiers.
In this battle, more than 30 people were seriously injured and killed. The injured were treated extended, and the deceased was ceremoniously buried. For the living, each person was rewarded with fifty taels of silver, which was personally distributed by Zhao Guo to everyone, so that these soldiers would know who gave them the reward. Yongping City was rich and indispensable to the brothels of Qinglou, and Deng She conscripted all of them into the army and handed them over to the soldiers for fun, saving them from warm thoughts* and disturbing the people.
If you are interested, take the wives and concubines of officials such as Daru Huachi and Chief Manager Liu, and invite Deng She to enjoy them. Where can he take care of these things now! After a few glances, a large group of warblers and swallows were pitiful, trembling, like cattle and sheep slaughtered by others, a little unbearable, and knew that this was a routine. At the moment when he was winning people's hearts, he didn't want to sweep away the generals' interest in such matters.
Sighing to himself, he found that his heart was getting harder and harder. Who can be blamed for this? The world is like this, everyone is just a pawn in the hands of fate.
He picked one at random to show that he would be happy with the generals. I picked up two good-looking Han'er slaves and maids and gave them to Mrs. Wang to use. The rest shall be distributed among the generals. Including Chen Hu and Zhao Guo, no one refused not to. Wenhua has a unique taste, don't want a beautiful concubine, only choose a wife. You must know that Nadaru Huachi and Manager Liu are both in their fifties and sixties.
The crowd was bewildered, and he said, "What do you know?" Yuan match, like a marshal of the army; Concubines and maids, generals and pawns. As soon as the big bed swings, the two armies clash, where is there a reason to give up the big and take the small? Deng She and below all laughed.
After the four things were completed, the people who guarded the city and patrolled were sent in turn, and they scattered and rode away; Pick up the baggage and goods, and prepare for retreat as soon as possible. At this time, the soldiers outside the hall came to report, and someone recommended themselves to ask for the order.